CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5855
6.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, when an SMTP account has been set up using Account Assistant, can use plaintext authentication even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available, which makes it easier for remote attackers to sniff account activity.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.4.11
• apple mac os x 10.5.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019107 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019107 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com